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Tras recibir una extrana carta de su prima recien casada, Noemi Taboada se dirige a High Place, una casa en el campo en Mexico, sin saber que encontrara alli. Noemi no parece tener dotes de salvadora: es glamurosa, mas acostumbrada a asistir a cocteles que a las tareas de detective. Pero tambien es fuerte, inteligente y no tiene miedo: ni del nuevo marido de su prima, un ingles amenazante y seductor; ni de su padre, el antiguo patriarca que parece...

Christopher Columbus's 1492 voyage across the Atlantic Ocean in search of a trading route to China, and his unexpected landfall in the Americas, is a watershed event in world history. Yet Columbus made three more voyages within the span of only a decade, each designed to demonstrate that he could sail to China within a matter of weeks and convert those he found there to Christianity. These later voyages were even more adventurous, violent, and ambiguous,...

Labeled illustrations present the Spanish and English words for terms from everyday life, work, sports, the arts, transportation, science, technology, nature, and other topics.

A bilingual dictionary with 175,000 entries also offers cultural notes, background information on life in English- and Spanish-speaking countries, and verb tables.

"These are the very same dishes I prepare for my family, the ones we eat at home, the ones I devised during our confinement and still cook. I cook, I take the picture, I eat. This book is only possible that way, with a curious craftwork through the notarysmartphone. My recipes are easy to make, yet witty, eye-catching, and make up a very palatable result. Those who have tasted them, know"-- "El Premio Nacional de Gastronomía comparte con nosotros...

The ranchers riding with Rand Hayes cross the Mojave Desert to confront the hardships of a brutal land, a hostile Ute nation, and the mysterious territory of California in their attempts to drive the cattle to market.

El prestigioso y mediático cocinero Jordi Cruz nos enseña en este recetario a preparar las tapas creativas que se sirven en su restaurante Ten's Tapas. Platillos creativos, poco complicados y muy sabrosos y resultones, fruto de la síntesis entre tradición y vanguardia. El libro que tienes en tus manos recoge las mejores recetas que preparamos en el Ten's, nuestro local de tapas. Recetas que se basan en la tradición y se cocinan con corazón y...